[meg-uh-lop-uh-lis] 
| 1. | a very large city. |
| 2. | an urban region, esp. one consisting of several large cities and suburbs that adjoin each other. |
| meg·a·lop·o·lis (měg'ə-lŏp'ə-lĭs) n.
[megalo- + Greek polis, city; see pelə-3 in Indo-European roots.] meg'a·lop·o·lis'tic adj., meg'a·lo·pol'i·tan (-lō-pŏl'ĭ-tən) adj. |
| me·gap·o·lis (mĭ-gāp'ə-lĭs, mě-) n. Variant of megalopolis. |
A vast stretch of developed industrial urban area, such as the East Coast of the United States from Boston to Washington, D.C., or the Ruhr Valley in Germany. Megalopolis is from Greek words meaning “great city.”
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